Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] at the top " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leithen and I stopped at the top of the hill and looked down again into the little green valley . |
| 2 | I yelled at the top of my voice and Jean got such a fright she sent the Cortina swerving all over the road . |
| 3 | I looked at the top of his head as he bent to the task . |
| 4 | As I said at the top of the article , making movies — in AWI 's parlance — is so similar to making a cartoon using traditional methods that it could well be used as a training ground for animators in the traditional industry , but with a much shorter wait before the results can be seen . |
| 5 | I stood at the top of the slope . |
| 6 | Suppose you lived at the top of the building , and your parents stayed on the ground floor . |
| 7 | She lived at the top of Tennyson Tower — ‘ It was that or Maid Marian , ’ she remarked , as they swung its glass door , her voice distantly scornful . |
| 8 | He was too far away to hear , even if she shouted at the top of her voice . |
| 9 | She heard his low , troubled call , ‘ Clare ’ , as she turned at the top of the stairs . |
| 10 | She yelled at the top of her lungs , calling again and again until at last he heard her terrified screams . |
| 11 | She sniffed at the top of her dress , over her breasts . |
| 12 | I do n't know much about Street , but er I can say this , That on on , if you started at the top , at Road and walked down to er well just past where we are , you could buy anything . |
| 13 | She listened at the top of the stairs until she heard Trotter go into the downstairs bathroom . |
| 14 | He took her arm as she hesitated at the top of the steps and , as they walked along the deserted promenade , his arm slid round her . |
| 15 | ‘ Your mortgage is currently set at £62,500 , Dr Bissett , which is slightly excessive for the salary you command , but I do quite understand that you bought at the top of the market and that interest rates were then not at their present level . ’ |
| 16 | She yelped and squealed , working her voice to a crescendo as she bawled at the top of her voice . |
| 17 | She called again , moving out through the gate until she stood at the top of the lower garden that sloped down to the bay . |
| 18 | He went down the stairs , and she stood at the top of them screaming . |
| 19 | The farm workers took their seats , and she sat at the top of the table , so that she was with them , but a little apart . |
| 20 | Cos we lived at the top of the second hill , opposite erm Doctor s er house , the famous eye surgeon . |
| 21 | The tax burden under this Government rose during our first two and a half years because we inherited at the top of the business cycle a borrowing requirement of 5.5 per cent . |
| 22 | After two miles or so of this beautiful scenery we emerged at the top of the gorge into sunlight again and were greeted by a wonderful expanse of forest . |
| 23 | They stopped at the top of the hill and sat down . |
| 24 | She had just got to incarceration in a convent for the rest of her days when they arrived at the top of the stairs . |
| 25 | After a very bumpy ride they alighted at the top of Thorpe Street and the Irishman drove away . |
| 26 | Well some of them came by road and RAF trucks , the fuselages , and then there were all they started at the top of the airfield in the old flying club pavilion , and then they were er stripped down and stuff was taken off them , checked out , for airworthiness to see whether it was ready to go back on the planes , and then they came down to the back of the top hanger which was then they were all down to the skeleton of the aircraft and they started rebuilding them again like , there were engine shops and the place at the bottom hanger where they used to make the Swallow side-cars was the spraying and where they completed the aircraft . |
| 27 | They lay at the top of the hill . |
| 28 | They waited at the top of the stairs while two DCs carried the lumpy white plastic bag down the staircase . |
| 29 | ‘ The front door ! ’ said Rose , mightily impressed , as they stood at the top of a flight of wide stone steps , flanked by funerary urns , which led down to the drive . |
| 30 | The veins standing out on his neck , he shouted at the top of his voice : ‘ We 're going to crucify this stuff . |